The development of things was as Lan Jihua guessed, Wu Xundian touched the melon with the vine, from the bottom to the top, and finally found out the big man Qing Mosong, the eldest son of Elder Qing, Qing Sike tried his best to take Qing Mosong out of the whole thing, but Wu Xundian held on to it. When the reservoir collapsed, the two of them worked together and cooperated sincerely, but now that they were found responsible, the two of them pinched up directly. The public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, and the quarrel was inexorable.

In this case, Elder Qing wants to avoid suspicion, and it is difficult to come forward, so Qing Sike can only fight on his own basis and defend Qing Mosong's innocence.

This debate was presided over by Elder Hua and Elder Wei, and Lan Jihua was in observance, he was afraid that the argument would be too long, and Wei Chi would get tired if he stood for a long time, so he specially called her into the room to sit and listen.

Wu Xundian seemed quite confident, and presented the collected evidence and testimony to the two elders, first bowed to Lan Jihua, and then saluted the two elders, "Your Majesty, Elder, the minister was ordered to investigate the culprit of the reservoir collapse, and now there are eyebrows, the reservoir was repaired ten years ago, by the Qing elder's supervisor, Li Xueyu, the head of the Ministry of Works, after one year and three months to complete, the sand and gravel used by the Kuncheng merchant Yanbian Kun provided, at that time Li Xueyu suspected that the proportion of sand and gravel in Yanbian Kun was unqualified, too loose, It is not easy to gather and refuse to accept it, but Yanbian Kun and Qing Mosong are friendly, and Qing Mosong personally intervenes to deal with it, and finally forces Li Xueyu to buy the batch of unqualified sand and gravel of Yanbian Kun at a higher price than the market. Xiao Chen thought that the most responsible person for this matter was Qing Mosong, if he hadn't forced Li Xueyu to accept the batch of unqualified sand and gravel, there would be no today's embankment. ”

He said everything clearly, reasonably, and restored the matter from beginning to end.

Qing Sike hurriedly argued, "Your Majesty, Elder, what Lord Wu said is not accurate, Qing Mosong and Yanbian Kun do know each other, the relationship is just average, not good, he was entrusted by Yanbian Kun, he only agreed to be introduced, and there was no persecution, and the final price was also negotiated between Li Xueyu and Yanbian Kun, and Qing Mosong did not know." ”

Wu Xundian sneered, "Lord Qing thinks that this official is slandering Qing Mosong? ”

"Whether it's slander or not, Master Wu knows it in his heart."

"In that case, let's call witnesses to court." Wu Xundian said in a deep voice: "Pass Li Xueyu to the hall." ”

A cadre of people were waiting outside, and when they heard the shouting inside, the guards immediately brought Li Xueyu in, Li Xueyu was the main person who repaired the embankment back then, and now that the embankment has collapsed, he is not guilty, and as soon as he enters, he knelt on the ground and trembled.

"The criminal minister Li Xueyu knocked to see Your Majesty," turned slightly sideways and bowed to the two elders again, "I have seen the elders." ”

"Li Xueyu," Elder Hua raised his voice and said, "When you built the embankment, you used substandard sand and gravel?" ”

Li Xueyu's shoulders shook, he lay on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, and replied in a low voice, "Yes." ”

"I know that there is a problem with that batch of sand and gravel, why do you need to use it? Don't you know what's going to happen? ”

"The criminal found out that there was a problem with the batch of sand and stones, and he refused to accept it before, but Qing Mosong found the criminal minister and forced the criminal minister to accept it, he was the son of Elder Qing, and the criminal minister did not dare to offend, so he had to accept it. Qing Mosong assured the criminals that although the sand and gravel did not meet the standards required by the Ministry of Industry, it would not cause any consequences, and said that the kind of sand and gravel used by many farmers to block the dam had no problems after decades. ”

"You are the master, but you are forced to accept the unsuitable sand and gravel, can you be guilty?"

Li Xueyu was sweating profusely: "The minister is guilty!" ”

"That's not the case," Qing Sike said loudly: "Elder, Li Xueyu took the benefits of Yanbian Kun to accept that batch of sand and stones, and it has nothing to do with Qing Mosong, he insisted on Qing Mosong, just to find someone to carry the guilt for him!" The minister asked for Qing Mosong to come in and confront him. ”

Elder Wei raised his hand, "Xuan." ”

Although he was followed by two guards, Qing Mosong held his head high and looked calm, he was born as a noble son, and he had the nobility of Qinghua, and when he saw the emperor and the two elders, he saluted in a decent manner, not letting people take his mistakes, but he also did not look particularly respectful. He knew that the emperor, who was respected by the people as a god, was actually a puppet, and sometimes the power was not as great as his father, he was the eldest son, and if nothing else, he would inherit his father's title in the future, so he didn't take the emperor seriously.

It was still Elder Hua who asked, "Qing Mosong, do you know what you were called?" ”

"I know," Qing Mosong didn't panic, and glanced at Li Xueyu contemptuously, "For the sake of the collapse of the reservoir, this matter has nothing to do with this son, and all the false accusations are all slandered by this Master Li." ”

The two elders were stunned at the same time, in front of the emperor and the elders, Qing Mosong opened his mouth to be his son, and his tone was not small, and Elder Qing, who was sitting in the back hall, saw this scene, his face was also pale, and he scolded in a low voice: "Idiot." ”

Lan Jihua had a smile on his face, and asked him gently, "What are the false accusations that Qing Gongzi is referring to?" ”

Qing Mosong saw that the emperor was so polite to him, and became more and more arrogant, and said with his hands: "This prince and that Yanbian Kun are just nodding friends, how can they persecute Lord Li for him, it's really ridiculous." ”

"Since it's a nodding friend, why did Young Master Qing help Yanbian Kun introduce Master Li?"

Qing Mosong choked for a moment, and said disapprerovitically, "Anyway, it's a matter of raising your hands." ”

"Qing Gongzi doesn't know that there is a problem with that batch of sand and stones?"

"Of course I don't know, if I knew, my son would definitely not be involved in this matter."

Lan Jihua sighed and stopped talking.

Qing Mosong was secretly proud in his heart, the emperor wanted to rely on the elders to govern the world, and he would naturally give him face, the five elders were one, and they should also turn a blind eye to this matter, and go through the motions, he had the bottom in his heart, and he was more and more inappropriate, he just hoped that it would end all this quickly, and don't delay his serious business.

At this point, he felt that he needed a pair of fierce medicine, and he solved the matter in one go.

"Your Majesty, Elder," he arched his hand, "since Master Li said that I persecuted him for Iwabekun, it would be better to call Iwabekun to confront him." ”

Elder Hua raised his voice: "Xuanyan Bian Kun!" ”

Xuanyan Bian Kun was a wealthy businessman, black and fat, with a fat head, big ears and small eyes, wearing a robe of gold and silver thread, when he heard the call, he immediately walked in and knelt down, and he didn't dare to look around, so he kowtowed to the person above, "The grass people meet Your Majesty, Your Majesty Jin'an." Turning sideways, the two elders saluted: "The grass people have seen the elders. ”

"Iwabe Kun," Elder Hua asked slowly, "Are you guilty?" ”

"The grass people know their guilt," Yanbian Kun lay on the ground, his fat body trembled slightly, "When the reservoir was repaired, it was the grass people who colluded with the Qing Gongzi to force Master Li to accept the substandard sand and gravel, which led to the loose dam body, which caused today's catastrophe......